§ 102. — Public policy in labor matters declared.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC102]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 6--JURISDICTION OF COURTS IN MATTERS AFFECTING EMPLOYER AND
EMPLOYEE
Sec. 102. Public policy in labor matters declared
In the interpretation of this chapter and in determining the
jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the United States, as such
jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in this chapter, the
public policy of the United States is declared as follows:
Whereas under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid
of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in the
corporate and other forms of ownership association, the individual
unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of
contract and to protect his freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain
acceptable terms and conditions of employment, wherefore, though he
should be free to decline to associate with his fellows, it is necessary
that he have full freedom of association, self-organization, and
designation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the
terms and conditions of his employment, and that he shall be free from
the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their
agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-
organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of
collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; therefore, the
following definitions of and limitations upon the jurisdiction and
authority of the courts of the United States are enacted.
(Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, Sec. 2, 47 Stat. 70.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 103 of this title.
